Sales ticket cartridge



13, 1953 J. c. CONDON 2,649,193

SALES TICKET CARTRIDGE Filed June 28, 1949 INVENTOR.

JOHN c CONDON MW A TTORNE Y Patented Aug. 18, 1953 UNITED STATES: AT OFSALES TICKET CARTRIDGE John G. 'lCUndDXl, Oak .Park, 1 111., :assignorof one- Lhal'f to Whitney K. Munson, Red Bank, NJ.

Application June 5218, 1949, Serial 'No. 101,875

This invention relates to what may be termed a sales ticket cartridge,wherein a plurality "of sales tickets adapted for use "in connectionwith sales ticket writers and the like can "be inserted as a unit in thewriter and -dispensed one at a time. More particularly, the inventiondeals with "a cartridge or unit pack of the character described, whereinall of the tickets are supported and maintained in assembledrelationship and with "end portions of the tickets disposed at an anglewith means retaining the tickets in the holder casing to facilitateindividual displacement "of the tickets in the use of the writer. Thenovel features of the invention will be =best understood, when takentogether with the accompanying drawing, in which certain embodiments ofthe invention "are disclosed and, in which, the separate parts aredesignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views and,which:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic sectional 'view through a ticket writer casingshowing a side elevation :of.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3-; :and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which theholder of the cartridgeis formed, showing a modification.

In Fig. 1 of the drawinglhavediagrammatically shown at It the outline ofa casing .of a portable locked copy ticket writer such .as disclosed inmy prior application Serial Number 55,737; .filed October 21, 1948, nowPatent .No. 2,623,761, granted December 30., .1952.

This writer has, at one end, a sales ticket discharge opening II,through which tickets, as at I2, are adapted to be discharged, theopening I I being controlled by a door I3. At I4 is diagrammaticallyseen the means for feeding uppermost tickets for discharge through theopening I I. At It I have shown one of my improved cartridges or ticketpacks, which is arranged upon the bottom wall I6 of the casing and theinner end of the pack abutting a stop wall I1.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, I have shown at I8 the side walls of thecasing ID.

The cartridge or pack I5 contains any desired number of the tickets I2.Each ticket may comprise two or more sheets secured together in anydesired manner. At this time, it will be understood that, in dil ferentuses 'of the device, the sales ticket may have a single copy sheetattached to the lower surface thereof or a series "of these sheets maybe combined in forming what will "be termed a sales ticket. From thisstandpoint, the use of the expression sales ticket "or ticket will beunderstood to include the complete unit of such ticket.

To produce the cartridge *or pack and to hold the tickets [-2 in apredetermined assembled relationship, I employ amounting or holder it,which is shown in blank'in Fig. 5 of the drawing. The holder has a longcentral body portion which is generally of the size of a ticket and onwhich the lowermost ticket in the pack or cartridge is disposed.

-Fo'ldable with respect to the sides of the body 29, adjacent one endwhich will be termed the inner end are similar sidewalls 2i and ioldablewith "respect to the walls 21 are flaps 2-2 which form top wall members.The width of both flaps 2-2 combined will be equal to the width of thebody "20. Inother words, the edges 2-3 -of the top walls abut in theresulting pack or cartridge, as seen-at 24 inFig. 3 0i the'drawing.

The edges25 of the walls 22 are oifset with respect to the edge "25 ofthe body "20 by bevelled walls'Z'l, thus disposing the-edges 28 0f thetickets in the angular position defined by the bevelled walls 21.

The side walls 21 are each die-cut to form laterally extending guideflanges and also to form finger openings 3i! on the walls '2 I-centrally of the flanges to facilitate insertion of a fingernail toextend the flanges '29 laterally when the cartridge 'or pack is insertedinto the casing It. In other words, the flanges '29 normally lie in theplaneo'f the Walls 2'I inthe packaging of the pack for shipment andtransportation.

in the shipment and transportation, "the tickets are held in position onthe holder I9 by a securing strip or band 3|, note Fig. 3 of thedrawing. This band has a portion 32 secured to the wall parts 22 andserves to hold said parts in assembled relationship to each other andthe other end portion 33 of the band is secured to the undersurface ofthe body 28', the band passing around the tickets including the edgeportion 34 thereof as clearly illustrated inFig. 3.

Adjacent the walls 22, the band 3| has a transverse line of perforations35 to facilitate tearing-off of the band at this point as and when thecartridge or pack is inserted into the casing 3 ID. The other endportion of the band 3| will be torn-off adjacent the forward end of thebottom wall or body 20.

Secured to the inner ends 28 of the tickets [2 are two adhesive tapes 36which are also secured to the walls 22 and the body 20, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 3. These tapes can be of any desired constructionbut preferably have a nondryin-g adhesive which will establish, at theupper corner edges of the tickets l2 at the ends 28, a positive adhesivecoupling having a minimum holding engagement, that is to say, theengagement will be sufiicient to prevent displacement of more than theuppermost ticket in the cartridge but not suflicient to prevent feed ofthe uppermost ticket through the opening I I by the feeding means, as atM, Fig. 1. In other words, in this operation, sufiicient adhesion isestablished by the next adjacent ticket to keep this ticket in positionwhile the pull is exerted on the uppermost ticket to disengage the samefrom the tapes 36.

It will be understood that, when the cartridge is inserted into thecasing, the flanges 29 are extended laterally, as clearly seen in Fig. 2of the drawing, and these flanges serve to centralize the cartridge inthe casing by engagement with or being in close proximity to the sidewalls 18. This provides clearance spaces inwardly of and adjacent thewalls 18 for any suitable mechanism that may be employed in the ticketwriter.

By adhesively engaging the upper corner edges only of the tickets,substantially no objectionable gummed edge will be provided on thedetached ticket. In any event, this edge will be at the lower end of theresulting sales ticket. The upper end of the tickets have theperforations, as at 31, Fig. 3, for alinement on the top of the casing10 in the use of the writer as taught in the application heretoforeidentified.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing, a modified form of alining means has beenshown in the form of foldable tabs 38, 38 in the body 20 which, when inthe folded position indicated in dotted lines, form alining protrusionsor flanges generally corresponding with the flanges 29, as shown inFigs. 1-3 of the drawing. In addition, I have provided adjacent the freeend of the body 20 angularly disposed foldable tabs 39, 39', the freeends of said tabs having a pointed contour, as seen at 40, 40 so that,when the tabs 39, 39 are disposed in the folded position, as shown'indotted lines, the ends 40 protrude beyond both the side edges and theend of the body 20 for engaging the corresponding sides and end of thecasing l0. With this construction, both ends of the cartridge or pack l5are positively positioned or supported against transverse movement inthe casing, as well as being supported against inadvertent forwardmovement of the cartridge or pack in withdrawing tickets therefrom.

It will be understood that each cartridge or pack will have a number orseries of numbers identifying the sales tickets of the pack. A number ofthese packs will be mounted in boxes or cartons and the packs of acarton will be consecutively numbered in facilitating the use thereof.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A ticket cartridge of the character described comprising a mounting,a plurality of tickets adapted to be held in said mounting, saidmounting comprising a bottom wall substantially common to the size ofthe tickets, one end portion'only of the mounting having side and topwall portions which, in combination with the bottom wall, envelope oneend portion of the tickets, means holding said walls in assembledrelationship on said plurality of tickets, said means including meansfor normally holding tickets against displacement from one end of thecartridge, means attached to top and bottom walls of the mounting and topart only of end edges of the tickets arranged therein for holding saidticket against accidental displacement when said other ticket holdingmeans is removed, and said last named means comprising a narrow gummedtape engaging corners only of edge portions of all of said tickets.

2. A ticket cartridge for ticket writers of the class described, saidcartridge comprising a unit pack consisting of a plurality of tickets, amounting for supporting the tickets in assembled relationship to eachother, rupturable means secured to said mounting and normally holdingthe tickets in the pack and facilitating when ruptured displacement ofthe tickets one at a time from the pack in the use of said cartridge,means including said mounting for disposing ends of the tickets inangular position in the resulting pack, said last named means adhesivelyengaging a short portion of edges of the tickets in retaining eachticket while facilitating displacement of the tickets one at a timewhile holding the remaining tickets against movement, and said mountinghaving means for alining the pack in the casing of a ticket writer.

JOHN C. CONDON.

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